单词 | fierasfer |
释义 | fierasfern. A small parasitic fish of the family Carapidæ, which includes a genus once called Fierasfer, found in the Mediterranean and in British waters; also called pearlfish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > member of family Carapidae (pearl-fish) fierasfer1843 pearlfish1905 1843 Proc. Zool. Soc. 11 92 The occurrence in Madeira of a single individual, imposes the necessity of proposing, in lieu of the barbarous vernacular appellation Fierasfer, a name founded on an obvious character. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates ii. 5 We see Fierasfers,..accompanied by Palæmons and Pinnotheres in the same animal. 1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 168 There are two representatives [of Ophidiidæ] which wander occasionally into British waters. These are the Bearded Ophidium..and the Fierasfer (Fierasfer dentatus). 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 455/1 The pearlfishes or fierasfers are well known for their habit of living within the body of a holothurian (sea cucumber) host. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1843 |
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